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Red Cliff
2008
· Movie
· 148 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1203
- IMDb #1563
- Rotten Tomatoes #1270
- Metacritic #1365
- Letterboxd #1394
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1135
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1871
- Metacritic Critics #1207
- Metacritic Audience #1798
- Criticker #844
- Kinopoisk #1337
- AlloCiné #1243
- Trakt #1913
Every rating
60–96
out of 100
In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only way to unite all of China was to declare war on the kingdoms of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military campaign of unprecedented scale. Left with no other hope for survival, the kingdoms of Xu and East Wu formed an unlikely alliance.
Details
- Director
- John Woo
- Writers
- Chan Hon, John Woo, Kuo Cheng, Sheng Heyu
- Based on
- The Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong
- Released
- 10 July 2008
- Country
- China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan
- Language
- Mandarin
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $80.3M
- Box office
- $250.1M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 39 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 48 →9 wins from 48 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| 15th BFCA Critics' Choice Awards 2008 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| 13th LVFCS Awards 2008 | Best Foreign Language Film | Winner | |
| 14th Satellite Awards 2008 | Best Visual Effects | Craig Hayes | Nominee |
| 14th Satellite Awards 2008 | Best Cinematography | Lü Yue, Zhang Li | Nominee |
| 14th Satellite Awards 2008 | Best Costume Design | Timmy Yip | Nominee |
| 14th Satellite Awards 2008 | Best Art Direction and Production Design | Timmy Yip, Eddy Wong | Nominee |
| 14th Satellite Awards 2008 | Best Film Editing | Angie Lam, Yang Hongyu, Robert A. Ferretti | Nominee |
| 14th Satellite Awards 2008 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
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15th BFCA Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
28th Hong Kong Film Awards
15 nominations, 5 won
| Best Art Direction | Timmy Yip | Winner |
| Best Costume and Make-up Design | Timmy Yip | Winner |
| Best Original Score | Tarō Iwashiro | Winner |
| Best Sound Design | Wu Jiang, Roger Savage | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Craig Hayes | Winner |
| Best Action Choreography | Corey Yuen | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lü Yue, Zhang Li | Nominee |
| Best Director | John Woo | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Angie Lam, Robert A. Ferreti, Yang Hongyu | Nominee |
| Best New Performer | Lin Chi-ling | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " Mind Battle: Red Cliff " | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Zhang Fengyi | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Zhao Wei | Nominee |
29th Hong Kong Film Awards
13 nominations, 1 won
| Best Sound Design | Wu Jiang, Steve Burgess | Winner |
| Best Action Choreography | Corey Yuen | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Timmy Yip | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lü Yue, Zhang Li | Nominee |
| Best Costume and Make-up Design | Timmy Yip | Nominee |
| Best Director | John Woo | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | David Wu, Angie Lam, Yang Hongyu | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Tarō Iwashiro | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | " River of No Return " | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Chang Chen | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Zhao Wei | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Craig Hayes | Nominee |
14th Satellite Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Sound (Mixing and Editing) | Roger Savage, Steve Burgess | Winner |
| Best Art Direction and Production Design | Timmy Yip, Eddy Wong | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lü Yue, Zhang Li | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Timmy Yip | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Angie Lam, Yang Hongyu, Robert A. Ferretti | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| Best Visual Effects | Craig Hayes | Nominee |
3rd Asian Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects | Craig Hayes | Winner |
| Best Director | John Woo | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Nominee |
13th LVFCS Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Winner |
36th Saturn Awards
3 nominations
| Best Costume | Timmy Yip | Nominee |
| Best International Film | Nominee | |
| Best Music | Taro Iwashiro | Nominee |
16th DFWFCA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
32nd Japan Academy Prize
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
33rd Japan Academy Prize
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
3rd HFCS Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
8th WAFCA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |